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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
07226800 UTE RESERVOIR NEAR LOGAN, NM
LOCATION - Lat 35°20'34.75", long 103°26'39.46" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Quay County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 11080006, on face of Ute Dam on Canadian River, 2.5 mi southwest of Logan, 3.5 mi downstream from Ute Creek, and at mile 673.1.
DRAINAGE AREA - 11,140 mi² of which 1,140 mi² probably is noncontributing.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1963 to September 1965 (monthend contents only), October 1965 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS - WDR NM-78-l: 1977.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Datum of elevation is North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (levels by Interstate Stream Commission). Prior to Feb. 25, 1974, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
REMARKS - For water year 2014 to current, records fair. Reservoir is formed by an earthfill dam 132 ft high above streambed, 2,050 ft long; an earthen dike section on north bank of Canadian River 3,640 ft long with a maximum height of 38 ft; a concrete labyrinth spillway section with an equivalent weir length of 3,360 ft is located upstream from an 840-ft-long ogee section between the main embankment and dike. Original construction completed in May 1963, storage began Dec. 13, 1962; modification project to construct labyrinth spillway and increase height of dam and dike completed Apr. 1984. Capacity, 229,710 acre-ft at elevation 3,788.86 ft, crest of labyrinth spillway, from capacity table dated Dec. 2002. Original capacity at elevation 3,787.0 ft was 272,770 acre-ft. Top of dam is at elevation 3,813.86 ft. Dead storage, 9,230 acre-ft at elevation 3,726.86 ft, sill of outlet intake tower; inactive pool of 25,070 acre-ft, between elevations 3,726.86 and 3,743.46 ft, maintained for sediment control and fish and wildlife. Figures given herein represent total contents. Reservoir storage is for municipal and industrial uses, recreational purposes, sediment control and some incidental flood control. Diversions upstream from station for irrigation of about 90,000 acres.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents observed, 250,000 acre-ft, May 20, 21, 1987, elevation, 3,787.40 ft; minimum since reservoir first filled in Sept. 1965, 31,320 acre-ft, June 6, 1984, elevation, 3,739.10 ft.
